Tent.



No. 794.036. PATENTED JULY 4. 1905. T. D. MoCALL.

TENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1904.

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TENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,036, dated J uly4., 1905. Application filed November 12, 1904. Serial No. 232,490.

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ljie it known that l', TnAnnmUs l). MQCALL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city oi St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Improvement in illents, of which thefollowing is aspecilication.

lt ly invention is in the nature of an improved tent oi. the samegeneral character as those heretofore patented by me October 16, 1900,No. (359,981, and ()ctober 8, 1901, No. (384,086, the same being lightportable tents with canvas floors forming a part of the tent.

l /l y invention is designed to provide a tent of this general characterwhich may be used singly or in pairs to form a larger shelter-tent, aswill be hereinafter more fully described with reference to the drawings,in which- Figure l is a plan view of the tent spread out llat. big. 2 isa perspective view of the same set up. Fig. 3 is a perspective view oftwo ol the tents combined to form an open shelter-tent. .liig. at is asu u ilememial section, and l ig. is a detail view showing theconnection of the elastic distending-ribs.

in the drawings, l1 ig. 1, 3 is the rectangular lloor or extra heavycanvas having at each end an attached triangular section 2, to whoseopposite sides are joined the segmental wingpieces l 1. Along one sideof the floor portion 3 is joined the main cover portion 4:. This portionis permanently joined to the floor along the line ll B, and its outeredge A A is designed to extend upwardly and over and down to the otheredge B B ol the floor, a llap t. along this edge of the floor-sectionextending up inside of the cover-section t. The cover-section l isdistended in semicircular elevation by three pairs of elastic ribs 6,which are arranged in suitable sheaths or keepers in the cover 4. Forthe end ribs the sheaths are quite close together, and the bare portionsof the ribs between the sheaths form attachingpoints for a series ofhooks 72, along each curved edge of the segmental wings 1. The two ribsof each pair have inthe middle a sliding or double interlockingconnection, which may be conveniently formed, as in Fig. 5, by turning afew coils in each rib near its end and then reciprocally sticking thefree end of each rib into the coil of its companion. When the cover t isdistended over the ribs, its lree edge is made last by the cords 5,which engage with holes 5 along the edge of the floor-flap (J. The ribsat their ends next to the ground are formed with eyes 8 and 9, whichreceive tiecords for connecting them to the floor. At the line ofjunction of the triangular end pieces "2 and wings I l there is at eachend a ring w, into which cords are looped to distend the tentlengthwise. These cords are secured to pegs driven into the ground, asseen in F 2.

if desired to form an open shelter-tent, two of the tents shown in Figs.1 and 2 are assembled as seen in Fig. 3--that is to say, thecover-section 4.- of each tent is carried up, so as to leave theadjacent sides of the two tents open. in large tents the cover-sectionsare to be directly joined over a ridge-pole or line stretched betweentwo trees; but for small tents a supplemental section 1.1 is used togive increased space. This supplemental scction (shown in detail in Fig.t) when not required for a double or shelter tent is to be used as asecond floor-section 3 to give double thickness to the floor or to forma carpet for the trout, and it constitutes a part of each single-tentequipment. hen the sheltertent is set up, as in .ll ig. 3, guy-lines 13connect the tops of the tent-poles to the same pegs which secure theends of the individual tents. in this arrangement the floor-sections 2and 3 remain in position upon the ground, Forming a pallet to reclineon, and the end wingsl remain hooked on one side to the cover-section 41and in erect position, forming pockets for storage. At each end of thecover-section 4 (see Fig. 1) there is formed a hem 4c, in which iscontained the draw-strings 4Q. 'lhesc draw-strings draw the canvas downat the ends, seen in Fig. 2, so-as to break or lap over the crack orjoint when the ends are hooked up.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A tent consisting of a rectangi'ilar tloorsection having a triangularsection joined onto each end of the lloor-section and hating at each endtwo segmental sections joined to the sides of each triangular endsection and having curved edges provided with fastening devices, and amain cover-section having one side joined to one side of thefloor-section and its other side provided with fastening devices toconnect with the other side of the floor-section and transversedistcnding-rihs substantially as shown and described.

2. A tent consisting of a rectangular floorsection having a triangularsection joined onto 3. A shelter-tent, consisting of two similar tents,each comprising a floor-section, tapering end inclosurcs provided withmeans for distcnding the same longitudinally and a cover portionconnected with one side of the floorsection and extending upwardly tocooperate with a similar cover-section, and a ridge-support for thecover-sections substantially as described.

4:. A tent provided with pairs of elastic transverse distending ribs,each rib being formed at one end with one or more coils with the endextended beyond the coil or coils and said two ends being adapted tointerlock in a reciprocal way by the extension of the straight end ofone rib of each pair into the coil or coils of its mate substantially asshown and described.

THADDEUS 1). MOGALL.

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